Definitions for: Seventeenth

[n] position 17 in a countable series of things
[adj] coming next after the sixteenth in position

Webster (1913) Definition: Sev"en*teenth`, a. [From Seventeen: cf. AS.
seofonte['o][eth]a, seofonteoge[eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen
others.

In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were
all the fountains of the great deep broken up.
--Gen. vii.
11.

2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into
which anything is divided.

Sev"en*teenth`, n.
1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after
sixteen others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of
seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.

3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Synonyms: 17th, ordinal

See Also: rank

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